Conduit-outlet-box fitting.



c. H. BISSEL L.

CONDUIT OUTLET 80X FITTING.

APPLICATION FILED MAY l8. I914- 1,250, 1 30. Patented Dec. 18, 1917.

1 In II To all whom it may concern: j

NrTEn sfrATEsrATE-ivr cm H. BISSELL, or SYRACUSE, NEW YORK, jAssIG'Noa ro cEousE-Hmns or SYRACUSE, NEW YORK,A-. CORPORATIONF1VEW.YORK.

coNnUI'r-ourLE'r-Box iz-"rrrnto.

H. BISSELL, a

. Be it vknown that I, CARL citizen of the United States, and a resident.

of Syracuse, in the county of Onondaga and State of New York, have invented a certain new and useful Conduit-Outlet-Bo'x Fitting, of which the following is a specification. This invention has for its. objectthe production of an el'ectric conduit fitting and partlcularly a fitting adapted to support a fixture as ,a lamp socket'and shade holder,- and it consists in the combinations and constructions hereinafter set forth and; claimed.

In describing this invention, reference is had to the accompanying drawings, in" which like characters designate correspond-- ingv parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is an elevation, partly in section, of this fitting. j I i Fig. 2 is an inverted plan looking upwardly in Fig; 1.

This fitting includes, generally, a conduitoutlet box having an opening 1n"it sf'fr'ont- Side and means for connection "with-anfelecclamping the former means or flange toward and-from said bearing face from the front side of the box and the support.

1 is a conduit outlet box havlng an open- 7 ing 2 in its front or lower side, and a flange 3 around the opening, the front or lower face of the flange being a bearing face which. bears against the lining-4 of a wall and toward which is clamped the support to be presently described. The box is also provided with one or more laterally extendin nipples 5 for connection with an electrica conduit which incloses the line wires, the flange 3 overlying the nipples 5.

6 is the fixture support having-internal and external circumferential flanges'Z, 8 arranged at an angle to the portions of' the isupport on! opposite sides of the flanges 7, 8. .Follzlfionvenience,

' arranged with ts opening the box 1 is considered as in. the lower side thereof and'the flanges 8,

Specification-of Letters Patent.

By circumferential, asapplie'cl to thejflanges,

' endless:

- the fixturewhich in this instance is a lamp socket and shade holder. The lamp socket. j '12'is provided with athreaded passage at--. fits; upper.v end which receives'the hollow tric conduit, 3. fixture support mounted on, z "threaded plug 13 of a' carriage which also 1 the front or open side of the boxandgbeing connected toth oniend a 'fi ture'as a "includes a flange 14; la pping' the lower face *of. the flange 7, suitable screws ,15' being periphery of the .expansible anda eontractile vided with a flange extending into'the'o 7;8 arrangedin f me e-ana e;

Application med m 18, 1914. Serial in; 839,822.

horizontal position. Sa id portionslfabovefi fi''i and bebw the flanges 7 and vSate for con-f venienc'e referred to as upper and lower cira cumferential vertical flanges? and 10. the openlng 2 round, the flanges Tends;

is opposed. to the-flange 3 andisclamped are annular and the flanges 9 ahdflO are cylmdrlcal. The '-external annular 5 flange 8 toward the'same by any .suitablejmeans as' screws 11 extending through said flanges.

6b is, meant extending around the fitting or This fitting edesighe'd to be used lin con- '1 1 ecti onwith electric passengerca'rs and the like, and the-box l'isconcea-led behind [the lining of the-wall of the car'and the sup- .port. 6. exposedwithin the car/and the linin 4 islclamped between the flanges'8 and 3. 1 he Internal annular flange 6 supports passed through the flanges 71-andithe flange 14. The lamp shade holder f c'onsists of a contractile shell '16 having"-a" ;.bottom=-=-17 which is interposed between the flan and 14 and secured to the clamping nut 19' screwing on'theflconical shell 16. -90,

The upper cylindrical flange'ffl extends 1 into the opening 2 of the boxand liesicon tiguous tothe wall of said opening. 'Thelower cylindrical flange 10 ,inclo'ses a portion of the shell 16 and is spaced apart from,

In use, the box I ing of a car, and'the fixture support 1 is located behind the linin front I thereof and the lining of, the car is clamped 10 0 between the b0X and fixturg up t.

'ing,i means .opposed 1 to said bearing fla eT y es The p shade oi erialsoincludesa .95. and extends intoan annular cavity provided .inthenut 19.,

"around the opening, of a fixture support having a flange opposed to said bearing face, means for clamping the flange toward the bearing face, and a fixture carried by the support, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

3. The combination of a conduit outlet box having an opening in its front side, of a fixture support having a flange for tele-.

scoping with the opening, and a flange for coacting with the box around'the opening, means for clamping the latter flange toward the box,'and a fixture carried by the support, substantially as and for the purpose set forth. v

4. The combination of a conduit outlet box having an opening in its front side, the box also having an annular bearing face around the opening, of a fixture support having a flange opposed to said bearing face, means for clamping the flange toward the bearing face, the support also having a flange telescoping into said opening, and a fixture carried by the support, substantially as and for the purpose described.

5. The combination with a conduit outlet box having an o ening in its front or lower side and means For connection with an electric conduit, of a fixture support having a continuous circumferential :ertical flange 40 extending into said opening, and internal and external circumferentiahorizontal flanges, a fixture supported by the internal horizontal flange, and fastening means securing the external horizontal flange to the conduit outlet box, substantially as and for the purpose described.

6. The combination with a conduit outlet box having an opening in the front side thereof and means for connection with an electric conduit, of a fixture support havinrr carried by the internal flange and fastening means passing through the external horizontal flange into the bearing face, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.-

8. The combination with'a conduit outlet' box having an opening in one side thereof, and an external bearing face around the opening, of a fixture support having an internal horizontal flange and an external horizontal flange opposed to said bearing closing a portion of the fixture, substantially as and for the purpose described.

9. The combination with a conduit outlet box having an opening in the front or lower side thereof, and an external bearing face around the opening, of a fixture support having an internal circumferential horizontal flange and an external circumferential flange opposed to said bearing face, fasten- -1ng means passing through the external flange into the bearing face, a fixture sup.- ported bythe internal flange and including an expansible and con"i'*';-ctile shell for holding a lamp shade am .lllt for contracting the shell, the nut being fo med with an annular recess in its upper face, the support also including upper and lower circumferential vertical flanges, the upper flange extending into the opening of the box, and the lower flange being cylindrical and lnclosing a portion of the fixture, and extending into the recess of the nut, substantially as and for' {1 28 purpose specified.

10. The combination with a conduit outlet box having an opening in the front or lower side thereof, and laterally extending nipples for connection with conduits, the box also having a flange around the opening and overlying the nipples, of a fixture support having an external horizontal flange opposed to the flange of the box, and an internal flange for supporting the fixture, and fastening means extending through the opposing flangesof the box, and the fixture support, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

11. The combination of a conduit outlet box having an opening in the front or lower side, and an annular bearing face around said opening, of a fixture support having internal and external annular flanges, theexternal annular flange being opposed to said bearing face, means for clamping the external flange toward said bearing face, a lamp socket carrier having a flange opposed to the internal annular flange, a lamp shade holder including a shell having a base m-' serted between the lamp socket carrier and the internal annular flange, and fastening 3} screws extending thmugh .th, imi;amai antesting witnesses, at Syracuse, in the county in firm gizate of Ne Ybi k, this April, 1914.

CARL H. mssELL;

Witnesss WM. CORNELL BLANDING, C" G SCHOENECK. 

